Ossip Bernstein, the Chess Player who Bet his Life in One Game

Chess is a game that represents war on a board, where pieces are eliminated in a metaphor of combat and death based on their hierarchy. That's why it's ironic that a game played in 1918 literally saved a man's life. His name was Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein, and he had to win to prove his identity, u

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Ossip Bernstein, the Chess Player who Bet his Life in One Game